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Morton Subastas

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Auction Name: Antiques and Books Auction
Auction Date: 06/24/2025 - 06/24/2025
Sale Number: #19855
Total Lots: 75
Sold Lots: 34
Lots Sold: 45.33%
Unsold Lots: 41

Total Sales (MXN): 490,875.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN): 438,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN): 697,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN): 2,193,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (MXN): 3,288,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 14.93%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
74		CRUZ DE LA IMPERIAL ORDEN DE SAN CARLOS Y DIPLOMA	SIGLO XIX	MXN 120,000.00 - 200,000.00	MXN 125,000.00
122	A LA MANERA DE LEONARDO DA VINCI	LA UTIMA CENA	CA. 1880	MXN 25,000.00 - 40,000.00	MXN 27,500.00
68	LUIS A. REYES	RETRATOS DE MILITARES	SIGLO XIX	MXN 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	MXN 25,000.00
67	JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT	PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS AND INCIDENTS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, SONORA, AND CHIHUAHUA, CONNECTED WITH THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION DURING THE YEARS 1850, '51, '52, AND '53	1854	MXN 22,000.00 - 36,000.00	MXN 22,500.00
96	CARLOS MARIA BUSTAMANTE	EL GABINETE MEXICANO DURANTE EL SEGUNDO PERIODO DE LA ADMINISTRACION DEL EXMO. SENOR PRESIDENTE D. ANASTASIO BUSTAMANTE HASTA LA ENTREGA DEL MANDO AL EXMO. SENOR PRESIDENTE INTERINO D. ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA - ANNA, Y CONTINUACION DEL CUADRO HISTORICO DE	1842	MXN 18,000.00 - 32,000.00	MXN 20,000.00
184		CARTA DE SUCESION DEL TITULO DE DUQUE DE HUETE	1958	MXN 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	MXN 20,000.00
172		RETRATO DE MARIA CONESA "LA GATITA"	CA. 1920	MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	MXN 17,500.00
168	FRANCISCO CASTILLO	CONMEMORACION DEL 50 ANIVERSARIO DE LA INAUGURACION DEL TRAFICO DIRECTO ENTRE MEXICO Y VERACRUZ	1922	MXN 7,000.00 - 12,000.00	MXN 16,250.00
63	HENRY GEORGE WARD	MEXICO IN 1827. HIS MAJESTY'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN THAT COUNTRY DURING THE YEARS 1825, 1826, AND PART OF 1827. SECOND EDITION ENLARGED, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING COMPANIES, AND OF THE POLITICAL EVENTS IN THAT REPUBLIC. TO THE PRESENT DAY	1828	MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	MXN 16,250.00
159	DIDIER ROBERT DE VAUGONDY	AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE DRESSEE SUR LES RELATIONS LES PLUS MODERNES DES VOYAGEURS ET NAVIGATEURS, OU SE REMARQUENT LES ETATS UNIS	1783	MXN 14,000.00 - 24,000.00	MXN 15,000.00
58		TABACALERA MEXICANA. GLORIAS NACIONALES		MXN 14,000.00 - 24,000.00	MXN 15,000.00
156	HENRY CORRY ROWLEY BECHER	A TRIP TO MEXICO, BEING NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM LAKE ERIE TO LAKE TEZCUCO AND BACK, WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AND BEING A PAPER ABOUT THE ANCIENT NATIONS AND RACES WHO INHABITED MEXICO BEFORE AND AT THE TIME OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST, AND THE ANCIENT STO	1880	MXN 11,000.00 - 18,000.00	MXN 15,000.00
83	EL PENSADOR MEXICANO - JOSE JOAQUIN FERNANDEZ DE LIZARDI	EL PERIQUILLO SARNIENTO. CUARTA EDICION, CORREGIDA, ILUSTRADA CON NOTAS, Y ADORNADA CON SESENTA LAMINAS FINAS	1842-1845	MXN 14,000.00 - 24,000.00	MXN 15,000.00
175		COLECCION DE FOTOGRAFIAS DEL CINE DE ORO	SIGLO XIX	MXN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	MXN 11,875.00
105	DOMINGO IBARRA	HISTORIA DEL TOREO EN MEXICO. CONTIENE EL PRIMITIVO ORIGEN DE LAS LIDES DE TOROS, REMINISCENCIAS DESDE QUE EN MEXICO SE LEVANTO EL PRIMER REDONDEL, FIASCO QUE HIZO EL TORERO ESPANOL LUIS MAZZANTINI, RECUERDOS DE BERNARDO GAVINO Y RESENA DE LAS CORRIDAS HA	1887	MXN 7,000.00 - 12,000.00	MXN 10,000.00
151	ANTONIO DE ULLOA	NOTICIAS AMERICANAS: ENTRETENIMIENTOS FISICO-HISTORICOS SOBRE LA AMERICA MERIDIONAL, Y LA SEPTENTRIONAL ORIENTAL: COMPARACION GENERAL DE LOS TERRITORIOS, CLIMAS Y PRODUCCIONES EN LAS TRES ESPECIES VEGETAL, ANIMAL Y MINERAL CON UNA RELACION PARTICULAR DE L	1772	MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 10,000.00
57		PAR DE BANDERAS DEL CENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA		MXN 10,000.00 - 16,000.00	MXN 10,000.00
64	MADAME CALDERON DE LA BARCA - FREDERICK ALBION OBER	LIFE IN MEXICO / TRAVELS IN MEXICO / HISTORY OF MEXICO	1843; 1884	MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 10,000.00
65		LIBROS SOBRE LA GUERRA ENTRE MEXICO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS		MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 10,000.00
43	FRAY BERNARDINO DE SAHAGUN	HISTORIA GENERAL DE LAS COSAS DE NUEVA ESPANA	1982	MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 10,000.00

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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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